Drysdale regained top spot on the BPCA A2 Grade ladder with a five-wicket win against Winchelsea.
The Hawks took advantage of Armstrong Creek’s slip up and replaced the Titans at the top of the tree.
Winch batted first and made 6-119 from 40 overs with Baiden Luppino (34 off 95 balls) and Angus Leigh (33 from 54) putting on 53 for the first wicket.
But once again it was spinner Bailey Sykes who took control. Sykes took 3-25 from eight overs to take his season’s tally to 29.
Rob Jull fell on the first ball of Drysdale’s innings, but the reliable Nick Hallam (69 from 90) and Sykes (18 not out from 39) got the side home with five overs to spare.
The loss sees Winchelsea hanging onto fourth spot by percentage from Portarlington, which played superbly to beat Armstrong Creek.
Brenton Toole led the way with a superb 81 from just 74 deliveries as the Demons reached 168 all out from 38 overs.
Paul Wells provided good support with 26 from 20 while former Port player Cam Chisholm took 4-18 and Jack Maclean 4-13 for the Titans.
Armstrong Creek never really looked threatening with the bat, falling for 104 with Wells capping off a good game with three wickets and Alex Mann also snaring three.
Davinder Singh was the talk of the Wallington clubrooms after play.
Singh smashed 90 from only 37 deliveries and clubbed 10 sixes before being run out.
Damien Biemans (66 off 88) and Scott Evans (56 off 103) provided a perfect platform for Singh with a 137-run opening stand in the final total of 4-261.
Damien and Murray Biemans then took three wickets each for the Wallabies with Newcomb all out for 67.
Barwon Heads put a nine-point gap between it and fourth and fifth place with a commanding win against a gallant Little River.
A 129-run opening partnership between Tony Mirabella (80 off 66) and Ben Harris (45 off 77) allowed Max Melzer (37 off 24) and James Hodder (30 not out off 36) freedom in the latter stages.
Little River needed 227 to win and skipper Nick Fairchild then launched a blistering attack on the Heads’ bowling.
Fairchild made a stunning 127 from 99 deliveries, which included 12 boundaries and six sixes.
Fairchild’s was the final wicket to fall, with the Redbacks still 47 shy of the Seagulls’ total.
